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Is the Supreme Court ready to finally rein in partisan gerrymandering? Can social science give us a manageable standard to decide when there’s too much politics in redistricting? Is the “efficiency gap” Justice Kennedy’s holy grail?...

The Supreme Court now has the power to put a decisive end to extreme gerrymandering — if Justice Anthony Kennedy and the four liberal-leaning justices can craft a clear and manageable standard to identify when partisan mapmakers go ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday will take up a once-in-a-decade challenge to partisan gerrymandering, a process that since 2010 has allowed Republicans to control power in at least half a dozen states where the voters are closely divid...

Before oral argument I explained that the vote in Gill v. Whitford is likely to come down to Justice Kennedy, with the Court’s four liberal Justices voting to rein in partisan gerrymandering and the four conservatives voting against...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard a strong argument Tuesday for reining in partisan gerrymandering — at least if it’s extreme enough to allow one party’s politicians to keep themselves in power for a decade. Better yet for the gr...